Everyone can't get married without three things: bride price, return gift and dowry. Although there are many different wedding customs and practices in every place, there are customs and habits in every place, but the man gives the bride price to the woman's house and the woman returns the gift to the man's house. At the same time, the woman's parents also need to prepare a dowry for the bride.

What is a bride price?

What is the bride price that the man must give to the woman's family when he gets married? In fact, the so-called bride price is actually a wedding ceremony given by the man's family to the woman's family when both men and women confirm that they want to get married before the wedding. The content of bride price is generally money, which can help to buy new house supplies or banquets. Bridal price refers to the gift given by the man's family to the woman's family after the relationship between men and women is determined or before engagement. The content of the bride price is mostly money and goods, and money is generally less than the bride price, while the goods are mostly houses, cars, three gold (gold rings, gold earrings, gold necklaces) and so on.

The meaning of dowry

In many areas, many women's parents will give the bride a dowry when they get married. Dowry is a sign that parents love their daughters. The main reason why parents prepare dowry for their daughters is to make their daughters get the attention of their husbands. According to China's traditional concept, dowry is the property given by the woman's parents to the man's family, which belongs to her husband's family in full and is dominated by her husband's family. Modern dowry generally includes houses, cars, clothes, quilts, furniture and other supplies. The woman's family can choose the prepared dowry items according to their own economic situation.

A gift for the man's family

As the saying goes, a coin has two sides. In fact, the man's family sent a bride price to the woman's family, and naturally the woman's family also gave gifts to the man's family in return. However, the gift money returned by the woman to the man is about half of the amount of the bride price or the amount. Traditional gifts include tea and fruit; Lotus root, cypress, pear, taro, ginger, pomegranate, a towel; A pair of trousers, a belt, a wallet and a pair of shoes for the son-in-law; Re-employment money, tea, pine. Nowadays, in order to save trouble, it is usually a gift or jewelry.